May 1, 1970

Eban calls use of USSR pilots in UAR 'almost revolutionary change' in mil situation; calls for quick internatl aid to Israel to compensate for it; holds shift in mil balance US set forth as condition for selling Israel more planes has been met; says USSR role in flying protective cover over central UAR has spurred UAR attacks on Israeli positions at Suez Canal; sees 'integrated Soviet-Egyptian design' to shatter cease-fire; holds USSR is unfit to participate in Big 4 peace talks since its interest is against peace; holds quick internatl steps could bar USSR from going further; notes quick response from White House and US State Dept to repts on role of USSR pilots, awaits further development of response in practical and pol spheres; Rogers orders J D Beam, US Amb to Moscow, to seek high-level meeting with USSR officials to express grave concern over role of pilots and to demand explanation of USSR intentions; Adm reptdly believes use of pilots and deployment of SAM-3 missiles have altered balance of power; Adm sources confirm Nixon has recd Meir message urging reconsideration of his Mar decision to hold in abeyance sale of jets to Israel; USSR rejects pilots charges as 'stupidities'

Nixon announces he is sending US combat troops from S Vietnam into Cambodia to attack 'hq for entire Communist mil operation in S Vietnam', TV s; says action is not to occupy areas, not an invasion but a necessary extension of Vietnam war designed to eliminate major Communist staging and communications area, protect lives of Amers and shorten Vietnam war; says US troops will be withdrawn once US objectives have been accomplished; says 'I would rather be a 1-term Pres and do what I believe is right than to be a 2-term Pres at the cost of seeing Amer become a 2d-rate power and to see this nation accept the 1st defeat in its proud 190-yr history'; says US will try to provide small arms and equipment to Cambodian army, White House sources say area known as Fishhook, 50 mi NW of Saigon, is area presumed to be Vietnamese Communist sanctuary; expect operation to be concluded in 6 to 8 wks, some critics of earlier US move to support S Vietnamese operations in Cambodia, including Sen Mansfield, meet with Nixon before his scheduled s for advance briefing; Sens Cooper and Church draft legis to preclude use of any Cong-appropriated funds for mil aid or operations in Cambodia; Nixon illus

about 2,000 Amer air cavalrymen move on foot across border into Cambodia after B-52s, helicopter gunships and arty soften up enemy positions along allied route; troops reptdly penetrate 20 mi inside Cambodia to attack hq of Communist high command; map

Nixon reptdly recd generally favorable reaction from Cong leaders and com chmn whom he briefed prior to his s; Sec Laird and Gen Wheeler answered questions from Cong members after briefing; Sen Foreign Relations Com, prior to s, unanimously adopted statement voicing concern over 'grave developments' presented by 'deepening Amer involvement'; reactions of Sens Cooper, Cook, Aiken and Metcalf to use of US troops in Cambodia; Sens Javits, Hatfield, Brooke, Muskie, Stennis, Tower and Harris comment

Repr Reid, Repub, introduces amendment in Cong to bar use of any US funds to support Amer ground troops in Cambodia